Detectives Investigating After Man Found Dead and Woman Shot in Queen Anne Apartment

Shortly after 7 a.m. a woman called 911 to report she was bleeding from the face inside of her apartment located in the 3000 block of 14 Avenue West. Seattle Fire arrived and found she had suffered a single gunshot wound and was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. The woman’s husband, a 70-year-old male, was also found in the apartment with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Homicide detectives are investigating this case but it appears there were no other subjects involved.

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